Life is good...

The girls are back. My dad, brother and nephew drove them home from Utah. My brother Dave and his family are visiting from China, so the girls and the cousins got to play for most of their time there. We had a great visit with Dad, Dave and Joshua. They spent a lot of time in the pool and we all ate great food. I didn't take a single picture. (Ugh!) My 11 year old nephew Joshua is such an awesome boy! We live so far apart from them and they come to the states yearly or so. I think I have already announced this, but we are taking a 17 day family trip to China in October. It's our turn to go visit them. We are soooo excited! Grandma Jane and Grandpa Ted will travel with us also, but stay longer after we leave. Dave and Ophelia are setting up so many things for us to do. Here is a scratch of the surface...visit the Great Wall, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing, fly to the panda sanctuary in Cheng Du (this is just for Nicole!) and then fly to my brothers house in Kunming Province. They have set up many things for us to experience including a tour of the city hospital for me and for Scott to see a local mechanic/autobody shop. We will see the Stone Forest and visit a minority group village that my brother has contact with as well as many other plans. We can't wait!

The girls started school yesterday and we are quickly getting back into our routine. Jenny is now in 7th grade and Nicole is in 5th grade.